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English Dictionary: variance |
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2 results for variance |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- variance
- n
- an event that departs from expectations [syn:
discrepancy, variance, variant]
- discord that splits a group
Synonym(s): division, variance
- the second moment around the mean; the expected value of the square of the deviations of a random variable from its mean value
- a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions; "a growing divergence of opinion"
Synonym(s): discrepancy, disagreement, divergence, variance
- the quality of being subject to variation
Synonym(s): variability, variableness, variance Antonym(s): invariability, invariableness, invariance
- an official dispensation to act contrary to a rule or regulation (typically a building regulation); "a zoning variance"
- an activity that varies from a norm or standard; "any variation in his routine was immediately reported"
Synonym(s): variation, variance
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Variance \Va"ri*ance\, n. [L. variantia.]
1. The quality or state of being variant; change of
condition; variation.
2. Difference that produce dispute or controversy;
disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel.
That which is the strength of their amity shall
prove the immediate author of their variance.
--Shak.
3. (Law) A disagreement or difference between two parts of
the same legal proceeding, which, to be effectual, ought
to agree, -- as between the writ and the declaration, or
between the allegation and the proof. --Bouvier.
{A variance}, in disagreement; in a state of dissension or
controversy; at enmity. [bd]What cause brought him so soon
at variance with himself?[b8] --Milton.
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